Comings and Goings

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C O M I N G S

The IRS has named Ron Sanders as its new chief human resources officer. Sanders, the former head of civilian personnel at the Defense Department, will be responsible for strategic personnel planning and policy, corporate education, labor-management relations and leadership and organizational development. He will also oversee implementation of the IRS's new personnel flexibilities.

President Clinton has appointed Edward Schuh as chair of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. Schuh currently holds the Orville and Jane Freeman Chair in International Trade and Investment Policy at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development provides advice to the administrator of the Agency for International Development on international food security issues.

Postmaster General William Henderson has named Norman Lorentz the first chief technology officer of the U.S. Postal Service. Henderson said Lorentz's appointment symbolizes the Postal Service's commitment to creating an information platform that will make technology useful for postal management and customers. Lorentz is currently vice president of quality for the Postal Service.

Veteran forecaster John Jones, Jr. has been named deputy director of the National Weather Service and deputy assistant administrator of weather services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Jones has served as interim deputy since April.

K U D O S

The Defense Logistics Agency has named the first five members for its newly created Hall of Fame. The inductees are: Army Lt. Gen. Andrew T. McNamara, director 1961-1964; William J. Cassell, comptroller, 1973-1989; William V. Gordon, executive director for contract management, 1979-1984; Anthony W. Hudson, staff director, personnel, 1977-1992; and Karl W. Kabeiseman, general counsel, 1974-1994. Army Lt. Gen. Henry T. Glisson, DLA director, established the Hall of Fame to honor the people who have supported the "readiness and sustainability of the armed forces since the agency's inception in 1961."

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict H. Allen Holmes presented the Defense Department's annual Antiterrorism Recognition Program awards in San Diego, Calif. last week. The program was established to recognize personal and organizational efforts aimed at protecting DoD personnel and installations, sensitizing U.S. military and their families to the nature and dangers of terrorism and deterring and preventing terrorist acts. Co-winners for Best Antiterrorism Program for a major command were the United States European Command and the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.